decaf beans brew up into pale insipid dishwater coffee.. I like my coffee rich, strong and dark*-- half french roast columbian .. half dark roast
Oh, Helen, weep for me.
Doctor took me off "real" coffee after a couple of tachycardia episodes. (I like coffee your way!)
And if that doesn't cause you to cry, consider :
I cannot have chocolate either. (tears in eyes -e) Seems both caffeine and chocolate can cause tachycardia.
On upside : I have found that Maxwell House french roast decaf is prety good ... five big scoops for four cups! And if you cannot have regular ... My son tells me Port City Roasters, local coffee roaster, makes good decaf. So I'll try that too.

Regular, in New England, is with cream and sugar. When I was in Texas I ordered a regular coffee and got black . No cream or sugar.
And coffee in the military, any branch is weak and awful... I guess they make it weak because they drink so much...and think they're getting less caffeine .... little do they know!
(/RANT)